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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Let Go = non-reasoning, non-analyzing, non-questioning!

Fighting
Life, by resisting whatever is happening to you, is a zero-sum game. Every
which way, you stand to lose. But the human mind, led by ego, wants you to
believe that you can and must do something in a Life situation. So it will goad
you to fight. To resist what’s happening to you. And there, through such
resistance, you invite misery unto yourself.

Let’s understand
this better. There are only two kinds of problems. One set of problems are
those that you can solve – either on your own or through a third party
resource, expending money or through other means. The other set of problems are
the ones that are, humanly, unsolvable. Only Life has to solve them over time.
When you are faced with the second set of problems, the best thing to do is to
let go! When you let go, your problem may still be there. But it won’t torment
you. It will not cause you any misery. You become miserable only when you
attempt doing something that you are incapable of doing. For instance, if a
mechanical engineer encounters a water pump problem in his apartment, he may
find a solution to fix it over time. But if the same engineer attempts to sing
like Mohd.Rafi__especially when he doesn’t have a natural talent for music__he
will suffer trying to wonder why is he unsuccessful and why people are laughing
at him!

Life’s
problems are not a punishment for those who have to face them. Religion has
made us believe that our problems are a manifestation of past sins and only when
we atone for them will we find relief. This kind of reasoning leads people to
feel guilty about a past that they don’t even remember and makes them fear Life.
So, some of them, foolishly resort to suicide as a means of giving up on Life. Let’s
get this straight – Life has no agenda to victimize either you or me. Human beings do
things. Life simply happens. These are the only to realities.
When you can’t solve a Life problem by doing something about it, let go and enter
the realm of allowing Life to happen to you – in total acceptance and
humility! Just let it happen. Let go of your desire to control, to solve, to
do.

So, when
you find that your doing something about a situation is of no use, simply flow
with Life. Float like a piece of wood does on a river. Don’t worry where Life
is taking you, why is it taking you wherever it is going, and when will this
journey end. This does not mean inaction. The choice of allowing yourself to ‘float’
is significant action in itself! Don’t, however, analyze and form opinions
about outcomes and possibilities. Don’t reason what consequences will follow an
outcome – if you end up here, this is what will happen or if you end up there,
this is what it means. Let Go = non-reasoning, non analyzing, non-questioning! Let
Go means living spontaneously!

Living in ‘Let
Go’ mode is not difficult. It is intelligent living. Because you are doing the
most intelligent thing AFTER trying to apply your intelligence at
solving the problem or Life situation. When you live in a ‘Let Go’ you will
live with your problem, your Life situation – but you will live in peace, in
bliss.